GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Grand Rapids man described as a large-scale heroin dealer was sentenced Thursday, Jan. 16, to 25 years in federal prison.

Ahmed “Peanut” Sherif Green was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell in Grand Rapids.

Green had pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to distribute one kilogram of heroin, possession of 100 grams of heroin with intent to deliver, and two charges of possession of a firearm after having been previously convicted of three serious drug offenses.

Green, 41, faced at least 15 years in prison. His attorney had asked for the lower sentence.